2009 CAST & COMPANY MEMBERS. . . C - E
Don Castro
Borachio, Much Ado About Nothing
DON CASTRO is a Philippine-born actor based in New York City. Theatre credits include performances at The Public Theater ( Ten /2nd Generation), LaMama ETC ( Parang Sabil /Ellen Stewart, co-dir.), and with the award-winning Desipina & Company (Seven.11 Convenience Theatre). Film credits include: Lucia's Automaton (Puchsan International Film Festival/Seoul, Korea) and M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening. Member AEA. www.doncastro.comDyanne Court
Oberon Associate MemberJane Cortney
American Rapture
This past autumn JANE CORTNEY played Alma in Boomerang Theatre Company's production of Summer and Smoke. Oberon shows include A Thousand Variations on a Lie Told Once and Ghost on Fire last season, as well Mice and Men, Moonchildren, Three Sisters, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Other NYC credits include The Monster Tales (Boomerang) and A Little Piece of the Sun (Fringe NYC). Regionally she has appeared in Little Women (Northern Stage and The Tempest (Shakespeare on the Hudson). Jane has degrees in drama and English from Vassar College and recently received her MFA from the Actors Studio Drama School/New School for Drama. Member AEA.Oberon Associate Member
Max Darwin
American RaptureNY/Regional: The Chaos Theory (McGinn Cazalle Theater), Birdy and the Golden Putter (Gene Frankel Theatre), Go Robot Go (NYC Fringe Festival), Into the Woods and Execution of Justice (The Ellington Company); No Place to be Somebody, As You Like It, J.B. and The Madwoman of Chaillot (Purchase Theatre); Film/TV: Victim, Company K, Centralia, Nickelodeon. Commercials for Coca Cola, Verizon and Axe Body Spray. Thanks to Dale and Harris.
Jarel Davidow
JAREL DAVIDOW has been with Oberon from the beginning, having appeared in the very first production, Pieces of Seven, and in 2008 as Aden Paltz in Ghost on Fire. Other favorite roles include George in Of Mice and Men, Lucentio in Taming of the Shrew and Lucio in Measure for Measure. Jarel has also been seen on stges across the country in such shows as Twelfth Night and Comedy of Errors(New England Shak Fest); Rip Van Winkle (Great Amer Melodrama-CA; The Mousetrap (Lake Worth Playhouse- FL); and twice performing in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Film and TV projects include Law & Order, Ed, and Woody Allen's Celebrity and numerous commercials and voice-overs. Jarel received his MFA from the Actors Studio at the New School and is a lifetime member of The Actors Studio. Member AEA.
Oberon Associate Member
John Dewey
Balthasar/Boy/Messenger, Much Ado About Nothing
JOHN DEWEY is excited to be back in the theatre. A graduate of The Boston Conservatory, he would like to thank Oberon Theatre and send love to Mom, Dad, and Sarah. Member AEA.Alexander Dinelaris
Playwright/Director, American RaptureAlex was nominated for two Drama Desk Awards in 2003 for his additional work on the Off-Broadway hit, Zanna Don't. His play Red Dog Howls, (which addresses the effect of the Armenian Genocide on one man and his family) played to sold out houses in L.A., with Award-winning actress Kathleen Chalfant ( Angels in America, Wit ) in the leading role. The play has been nominated for several Los Angeles theatre awards and is scheduled to open in London in the spring of 2010. Other plays include; Still Life, which is slated for Broadway this fall, produced by, Jeffrey Richards ( August: Osage County ), The Chaos Theories, Big Kids, Pathetique. Most recently, Alex worked with director Alejandro Gonzales-Innaritu ( Babel, 21 Grams, Ammores Perros ) on his newest film. Alex attended Barry University, where he received the Mac McKindree scholarship for drama.